The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-11-05
New Freedom and Vicinity

New Freedom and Vicinity.-The electric
| display of last Saturday night has been followed
| by lower temperature throughout Eastern Penn
| sylvania. These sudden thermal changes rather
pinches the average farmer who has not donned
| his home-spun and flannel We are pleased to
say the country folks in this locality fully pre-
pared for winter. The corn crop, with few excep-
tions, is housed and the customary cold fingers Is
| q thing of the past.
The building industries of our town are awaken
ing. Three houses at present are being erected
Mrs. Balm will erect very pretty house of dou-
| BILE dimensions. Both parts of it have already
been rented. Our constable, Mr.. Adam None
maker, is also building neat cottage near the
camp-ground likewise Mr.. John Shutz. What
fine town this place could be with few energetic
and public-spirited men to steer affairs.
Mr.. George f. Miller has removed his portable
steam saw mill from Baltimore county to his new
wood lot near this place. This new tract com
prises 100 acres of valuable oak timber and was
part of the Hendrix estate, which sold after
the death of Rev. Mr.. Creaver. Mr.. Miller h as
entered into contract to furnish 100000 feet OF
timber for purposes to Schall d Smyser, OF
York, Pa This contract will require the labor OF
thirty men for the next two months. Truly such
men as Mr.. Miller are worthy of great success and
their names should be honored in communities
where they reside.
Last Saturday was gala day among the sport
ing men in town. The closing game OF baseball
between the regular and scrub nine resulted IN
victory for the regulars. Their colOred pitcher,
Larkins, performed the phenomenal feat of catch
ing red-hot tip in the mouth. 1t is needless to
say he muffed the ball. The best event of the day
forfeit of five kegs Of beer that Ruhling
Bros horse could trot mile in three minutes. A
good start was effected but he only saw the wire
in 3:10
Now must tell you of the best horse.hesh in
this section. Here is my Democratic FRIEND Tom
Brown, who owns old "Kennedy," with record of
2:45. Don't you forget when you crawl up beside
Tom and take the ribbons to take good foothold
or you are bound to wait for the next train. The
Ruhing Bros. have pair of nobby horses that
promise to develop good speed in the near future.
The second fastest horse is owned in your county
by DR.. Wilhelm, of Eklo. Doc was in town last
Saturday showing his animal and eager for race
The Anstine boys, down at the bone mill near
Stewartstown, have a good horse with staying
qualities. My banker friend, Mr.. John Habilston,
of Shrewsbury has fine white animal. At pres
ent his horse has too much avoirdupos, except for
road purposes, but feel assured Mr.. IL. is as
proud of him as Mayor Latrobe is of old "Liz" or
our irrepressible "Lttle Fred" of his white hat
The last but not the least of local racers is that
of Mr.. Henry Grove, of Railroad Station. When
Henry with quixotic grace mounts his "Rora
Ante there is fun all along the line
Mr.. Ward who has for several years past been
running a summer boarding house in our town,
sold his household effects last Saturday and will
remove to Baltimore.
For fear some of the most intelligent readers OF
THE UNION never heard Of the Glen Rock Item, we
beg leave to say that at Glen Rock in the State OF
Pennsylvania, on Friday of each week Gf not
holiday such a named paper is published. This
remarkable journal, which at times has several
but at present no particular editor, has taken ex-
ceptions to an item in the New Freedom letter.
We assure the Item that no harm was intended
our friends at Shrewsbury and we will apologize
to the "satchel" with a "smile" when again
visit that town. If the owlets who manipulate
this organ would say less of what some one else
has said and more of what people would like to
know, their phenomenopiof insulIiciency would not
go begging for subscribers ID.